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ORGANIZATIONS WITH YOUTH ENTERPRISE FOCUS

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The Education, Training & Enterprise Center (EDTEC) is a national youth entrepreneurship training company. Founded in 1985, EDTEC is a minority-owned firm with a mission to address the needs of urban America by making the most of the human capital often overlooked by traditional training firms. The firm has two major divisions - the Educational Products Division and Management Consulting / Training. The New Youth Entrepreneur, EDTEC's major entrepreneurship curriculum, the New Youth Entrepreneur is a 12-volume set developed in conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The curriculum (now available in Spanish) has been hailed by educators as one of the best in the country. The web page provides detailed information on the curriculum, provides sample pages, information on teacher training and an entrepreneurship quiz. EDTEC's management consulting and training division has developed an impressive resume and client list in housing and economic development training. Over the last two years the firm has provided training to over 3,000 people, including educators, enterprise zone officials, federal employees, housing authority staff and public housing residents in 37 cities and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Contact Dr. Stella Horton, George Waters, or Aaron Bocage edtec@edtecinc.com.

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Enterprise Ambassador USA Since 1990, the program has been administered through the School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Since it began, 275 high school juniors have participated. In 1995, the Enterprise Ambassador Program was integrated into the day-to-day curriculum of the Broward County School District-an important first step toward national replication. Today, the program has evolved into Enterprise Ambassador USA, a portable program that has the versatility to merge with a variety of curricula, particularly through institutes and academies.

In 1988, Dave Thomas took steps to share his faith in free enterprise with future generations of American business leaders by establishing the Enterprise Ambassador Program in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. "We must teach our youth about the free enterprise system so they will understand its value and want to protect it for future generations," states Thomas. "The free enterprise system works, but only if you work for it." Contact Danielle Kwasnik kwasnik@nova.edu

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DECA, Inc a national association of marketing education students, provides teachers and members with educational and leadership development activities to merge with the education classroom instructional program. DECA is not extracurricular; it is an integral part of the classroom instructional program. DECA chapters attract students who are interested in preparing for entrepreneurial, marketing or management careers. While DECA membership consists primarily of students in marketing programs, membership extends also to alumni and to professionals in marketing education and in marketing teacher education. This web page is designed to inform their members and encourage new membership. Contact Ed Davis Ed_Davis@DECA.org

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REAL ENTERPRISES In rural America, small towns, and urban centers, hands-on entrepreneurship education is making a REAL difference. REAL Enterprises, a national nonprofit organization, helps individuals, schools, communities, and rural America grow through hands-on entrepreneurship education. Their purpose is to prepare youth and adults to be active, self-sufficient, and productive citizens who can contribute to their community's social and economic development. Their web page promotes their high quality entrepreneurship curriculum and training and their support for a national network of educators and member organizations, documents their effectiveness, and advocates for entrepreneurship education.Contact Cullen Gurganus info@realenterprises.org

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National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship. NFTE brings its entrepreneurial training to high school students, especially those from low-income communities. Through its programs, students gain an entrepreneurial understanding of basic workplace and life skills, often for the first time. NFTE provides its entrepreneurship training programs in a variety of intensities via a "mini-MBA" course, using a specially-developed, proven curriculum. Contact Steve Mariotti NFTEmarr@msn.com

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The National Coalition for Empowering Youth Entrepreneurs (NCEYE) is located in Texas, with primary leadership from Agriculture Extension. The Coalition (NCEYE) is a professional association of youth, adults, agencies and institutions from business, education, government and community organization interested in advancing youth entrepreneurship education. The Coalition's mission is to integrate effective entrepreneurial education programs that allow for empowering a 21st century generation of entrepreneurs who are socially responsive to their community, their nation and their world. This will be accomplished by awareness, education, research and the dissemination of information based on the best practices of effective entrepreneurial programs. The primary purpose of their web page is to promote the youth conferences held by this group. Contact Beverly Spears nceye@aol.com

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INDEPENDENT MEANS, (formerly An Income Of Her Own). The Independent Means website is the place for women under-twenty (and their over-twenty mentors) to find an income of her own! Independent Means is the leading provider of products and services for girls' financial independence. We are your first stop for news on starting a business; making, saving, and growing money; figuring out how to use money to make a better world (aka philanthropy!); and networking with mentors. Contact Joline Godfrey contactus@independentmeans.com

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Junior Achievement is the world's largest and fastest-growing non-profit economic education organization. Our programs are taught by classroom volunteers from the business community in both the U.S. and nearly 100 countries worldwide. Our purpose is to educate young people to value free enterprise, understand business and economics and be workforce ready. Junior Achievement reaches more than 2.6 million U.S. students each year in cities, suburbs and rural areas. Junior Achievement programs give young people practical, engaging, and informative lessons that educate them about business and economics and help prepare them for fulfilling professional careers. Our programs complement the class curricula and are easily integrated into the lesson plans of each grade level. Programs include Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Exchange City, JA B.A.S.E. , and Groundhog Job Shadow Day. Contact them at 719-540-6248.

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YOUTH VENTURE Youth Venture's mission is to mobilize young people to develop their own opportunities for leadership through the creation and operation of organizations that meet their needs. These organizations fall into three categories: community service organizations, small business ventures, or after-school clubs. What turns these diverse activities into Youth Ventures is that the young people themselves come up with the ideas and control the initiatives.

Youth Ventures seeks out Allies (individuals who like working directly with young people) who can encourage and support young peoples efforts to create without controlling them. We also work with local partners (community leaders, school principals, heads of youth groups) to change rules and provide seed money to start the ventures. The purpose of this web page is to identify their philosophy and major contacts. Contact their web page www.youthventure.org

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National Youth Employment Coalition NYEC's website provides access to information on NYEC activities, legislation and effective practices. NYEC is a non-partisan national organization dedicated to promoting polices and initiatives which help youth succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens.

NYEC is a network of 100 youth employment/development organizations dedicated to promoting policies and programs which help youth succeed in becoming lifelong learners, productive workers and self-sufficient citizens. NYEC shares information about youth policies and programs among practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and advocates. Contact Katie O'Sullivan ko@nyec.org

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